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Life meeker, or Eliphalet meeker
Mr. Heron offers to take Tim under his wing and give him a job as an apprentice in his shoe store, offering room and board and a chance for Tim to learn a trade.
by coming up to Tim Meeker's house
The book does not specify the exact age of Tim Meeker. But, you picture him to be around 14. His brother Sam is 16 at the beginning of the novel, and Tim is probably a few years or so younger than him.
when is sams birthday in my brother sam is dead
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Tim meeker doesn't end up going fishing, he just says he is so he can go deliver the letter from Mr. Heron.
Tim Meeker.
Sam Meeker (Tim's older brother) is executed by his fellow soldiers at age 16, after being accused of stealing cattle.
Tim Meeker is a character based on the real person Tim Meeker. If you read the Epilogue of "My brother Sam is Dead" It explains that historical records support much of the story, like most of the characters. The characters of the book are set to act as the author believed the real people would have in that type of situation. Therefore, to answer your question, Tim Meeker was a real person that died, but the story is fake. The execution of his brother Sam was actually how a soldier named John Smith died. A good deal of the story is based on historical records.
Their last name was Meeker.